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To understand anything of the music of Ethiopia it is worthwhile dipping ones toes into the warm water of the great ocean that is Ethiopian history and culture. In this now land-locked nation, thousands of years of history have percolated to bring us a culture deeply-rooted in tradition and ancient ideas. The Very Best of Ethiopiques very much mirrors that sense of depth. Few of the modern perceptions, ideas and images that Europeans have of Ethiopia are accurate. In fact, most are wide of the mark. The fact that the country’s coat of arms is a pentagram seems to be symbolic of its elusive, cryptic, even perhaps esoteric nature. For those who first encounter Ethiopia, its people and culture,... [More]